diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
index 0893b2e762e..710d6e75f84 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
@@ -313,8 +313,12 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
    * of a job using HFileOutputFormat
    * @param table the table to load into
    * @throws TableNotFoundException if table does not yet exist
+   * @deprecated since hbase-1.3.0, hbase-1.2.2, and hbase-1.1.6; replaced
+   * by {@link #doBulkLoad(Path, Admin, Table, RegionLocator)}.
+   * @see HBASE-15876
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+  @Deprecated
   public void doBulkLoad(Path hfofDir, final HTable table)
     throws TableNotFoundException, IOException
   {